After getting COVID, Spencer can't stop telling the truth.


Desperate to be "fixed" from his unfiltered honesty, he begins psychoanalysis. Instead, therapy leads him to spill every secret he swore to take to his grave. Including his attraction to older (much older) men.


Part therapy session, part confession booth, part accidental stand-up, DADDY ISSUES is a bold solo play where the audience becomes Spencer's therapist in real time, revealing what happens when the stories we tell ourselves stop protecting us.


Fresh off sold-out, critically acclaimed runs at Edinburgh Fringe and Hollywood Fringe 2026, Waldner tours DADDY ISSUES worldwide.

After getting COVID, Spencer can't stop telling the truth.


Desperate to be "fixed" from his unfiltered honesty, he begins psychoanalysis. Instead, therapy leads him to spill every secret he swore to take to his grave. Including his attraction to older (much older) men.

Part therapy session, part confession booth, part accidental stand-up, DADDY ISSUES is a bold solo play where the audience becomes Spencer's therapist in real time, revealing what happens when the stories we tell ourselves stop protecting us.

Fresh off sold-out, critically acclaimed runs at Edinburgh Fringe and Hollywood Fringe 2026, Waldner tours DADDY ISSUES worldwide.

After getting COVID, Spencer can't stop telling the truth.


Desperate to be "fixed" from his unfiltered honesty, he begins psychoanalysis. Instead, therapy leads him to spill every secret he swore to take to his grave. Including his attraction to older (much older) men.


Part therapy session, part confession booth, part accidental stand-up, DADDY ISSUES is a bold solo play where the audience becomes Spencer's therapist in real time, revealing what happens when the stories we tell ourselves stop protecting us.


Fresh off sold-out, critically acclaimed runs at Edinburgh Fringe and Hollywood Fringe 2026, Waldner tours DADDY ISSUES worldwide.